NEW DELHI: The BSE Consumer Durables index was trading 1 per cent down at 20,449 around 12:30 pm on Tuesday with Titan Company (down 2.74 per cent) as the top loser.
Shares of VIP Industries (down 1.36 per cent), Whirlpool of India (down 0.90 per cent) and Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals (down 0.11 per cent) too were under pressure.
However, PC Jeweller (up 3.60 per cent), Rajesh Exports (up 1.39 per cent), Voltas (up 0.49 per cent), TTK Prestige (up 0.24 per cent) and Blue Star (up 0.20 per cent) were in the green.
Benchmark BSE Sensex was 66 points down at 37,856, while the NSE Nifty50 index was down 19 points at 11,419.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 24 were trading in the green, while 26 were in the red.In the Sensex pack, 16 stocks were advancing and 15 stocks were declining.SBI, MM, Axis Bank and IndusInd Bank were leading among Sensex index.ITC, Hero MotoCorp, PowerGrid, Bharti Airtel and HUL were among the top losers in the Sensex index.